The Day of the Test

Reporting to the Test Center

Your computer-based testing (CBT) confirmation lists your test selection, test date, testing time, and test center. Please report to the test center 15 minutes before your scheduled testing time. The consequences of arriving late to or missing a test appointment are noted in the late arrival policy and absentee policy . The earliest a test appointment may be scheduled is 8:00 a.m.

Examinees scheduled to test in areas impacted by severe weather conditions or a natural disaster will be informed of test center closings. For more information about the notification process, read the test cancellation policy .

What to Bring to the Test Center

For all tests, you must bring identification as described in the identification policy to the test center on the day of your test. If you do not have proper identification, you will not be admitted to the test and you will not receive a refund or credit of any kind.

On the day of the test, you may wish to dress comfortably in layers. This will allow you to adjust for the temperature at the test center, which may vary and may not be under the control of the test administrators. Please wear soft-soled shoes to help maintain a quiet testing environment.

For Nursing Mothers

Nursing mothers who need to make arrangements for bringing specialized equipment or storage materials should follow the Alternative Testing Arrangements process to ensure prior approval and the ability of a test center to meet your specific needs. Please note that children will not be allowed in the testing center or into the secure testing room.

Test Session

Test sessions are designed to allow sufficient time for sign-in, agreement to the test center rules , distribution of materials, and communication of directions before testing begins. You will be allowed 4 hours to complete the test. There is an additional 15 minutes allotted for viewing the CBT tutorial and for completion of the nondisclosure agreement prior to the start of the test. Some candidates may finish testing well before the scheduled ending time of the test session. However, you should be prepared to use the entire test session.

During testing, the following procedures apply:

At the test center you will be provided with a felt pen and a notebooklet on which you may take notes. You do NOT need to erase the notes you make on the notebooklet; if you run out of space, you may raise your hand to request an additional notebooklet. The test administrator will collect the full notebooklet and provide you with a new one. There is no limit to the number of notebooklets you may use; however, you will only be provided with one notebooklet at a time. Your used notebooklet(s) will be collected or secured by a test administrator when you complete your test, or when the test session ends, whichever comes first.

A nondisclosure agreement will be presented to you on the computer after you sign in at the test center. It will ask you to indicate your agreement to the conditions set forth on the current program website, including the Rules of Test Participation and the rules communicated to you orally or in writing at the test session. You will have five minutes to read and accept the terms of this nondisclosure agreement. If you do not respond within five minutes, or if you indicate that you do not accept the terms of the agreement, your test session will terminate, you will not be permitted to test, and you will receive no refund or credit of any kind.

You may take restroom breaks. Any time that you take for restroom breaks is considered part of the available testing time.

You may not leave the testing facility or room in which you have been seated for any purpose (other than to use the restroom, as permitted) until your test materials have been collected and you have been officially dismissed by a test administrator.

During the test session, you may not communicate with other candidates or any unauthorized persons in any way, either in person or by using any communication device.

Candidates will be monitored at all times by video and audio recording. If you leave the testing room at any time during the test (e.g., to take a restroom break), your identification will be checked and/or your palm scan will be taken when you leave and when you re-enter the testing room.

Please remember that when you register for the test you agree to keep the test confidential; in other words, you agree that you will not discuss or in any way share the test questions (e.g., by text, email, or in a classroom discussion). If you do discuss or otherwise share the test questions, your test results may be voided or other actions could be taken that could impact your educator license or license application.

Once you begin a test, you may not cancel your score.

For more information about the testing experience, including a photographic tour of a test center and downloadable tutorials, see CBT Tutorials.

Dismissal from the Test

When you have completed testing or when the test session ends, whichever occurs first, your test materials will be collected or secured and you will be dismissed. Once you have been officially dismissed from a test session, you must leave the testing facility. If you are taking another test, return to the testing facility 15 minutes before your scheduled test appointment.

Should you become ill and unable to finish testing, you may be dismissed. Please note that you may not cancel your test results.

Submitting Comments

If you have comments about the test center or the conditions under which you took a test, please submit your comments in an email to Evaluation Systems no later than seven days after your test session.